The case for Blackberries over Iphone/Droid/WM currently is pretty straight forward.
1. Security on the phone is hardened. Its tried/trued. 2. Management. There is nothing you cannot control about a Blackberry from the tools. Droid, Iphone, WM, you have some semblance but not even close to a Blackberry 3. Activation. Its easy. Ensure your provider has it provisioned. They receive it, create the account on the BES box, give them a password or send it to their email through the tools and walk them through it. Done. Very hands off. Send one to the other side of the world and a monkey can activate it. 4. If you need to access files/folders or web sites on the same network as the BES server without complicating VPN's etc. They can do it all from the phone. Web access is built right in, files/folders takes some config work on the BES box. 5. Wipe and ensure your data is gone. Cant guarantee that with any of the other phones. If it gets the kill, it's a brick.. 6. Downsides. Management..Server resources..Another app to babysit, when it breaks..It breaks big..in my experience. 7. Free software, no cals required, free installation support, optional tech support contract, does 90% of what you want to do. Big Daddy BES does things with MDS, apps, tracking of SMS messages, "compliance things mostly" etc..Things most of our SMB's don't deal with. Saying all that we have 8 clients on BESx moved from SMB edition or Professional. Very little issues overall. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com<http://www.acts360.com/> P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:08 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: BESx? Just to throw one out there, we're looking at Blackberry right now though it's currently not past the "let's see if we can get some on loan" stage. Can anyone throw anything at me from the BES Express perspective that is either spectacularly good or spectacularly bad? We're just looking to do the "usual things" and have some management of our mobiles - I don't think right now that we want to get especially control freaky. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 November 2010 16:01 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: BESx? I'll concur. I reboot my BES about 3 times as often as the Exchange server. 2010/11/10 Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk<mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>> Express is free other than tariff costs to have a Blackberry. Regarding where to install it, my understanding is you can install it on the Exchange box for less than 75 users, but it's recommended to use a dedicated box regardless (apparently "reboot the BES" is quite a commonly proffered solution to problems but that's anecdotal). From: Hrvoje Špiranec [mailto:hrv...@albuslinea.com<mailto:hrv...@albuslinea.com>] Sent: 10 November 2010 14:58 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: BESx? Does anyone know what is the price on additional CAL's for BESx? From: Alex Robinson [mailto:robins...@franklinroadacademy.com<mailto:robins...@franklinroadacademy.com>] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:22 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: BESx? We have a small BPS install of 11 users and am migrating to BESX. Thanks, -Alex From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com<mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: BESx? My understanding ON the box install recommended for less than 75 users. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Jeff Brown <2jbr...@gmail.com<mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com>> wrote: We dissected our domain, created 2 new E2K7 domains on HV VM's and installed BESx ON both. No worries. some difficulty logging into management console first time, but that's nothing new. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Alex Robinson <robins...@franklinroadacademy.com<mailto:robins...@franklinroadacademy.com>> wrote: I have heard conflicting feedback the BESX does not have to be on separate box and can be installed on same Exchange installation. Can feedback be provided on this scenario? -Alex From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com<mailto:npar...@mortonind.com>] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: BESx? We have a sister company that implemented it and they haven't complained at all. Pretty quick to install and set up. Users were removed from my full BES and activated on their BESx and can't tell the difference. Whole lot faster than using BIS or Http. And yes put it on it's own machine or VM. ________________________________ From: Castillo, Daniel (Directory Services) [mailto:daniel.casti...@hp.com<mailto:daniel.casti...@hp.com>] Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:58 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: BESx? Hi folks, Has anyone out there deployed Blackberry Express? Yes, the free version of BES. Anything to share from your experience? 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